A Change of Plan in Goal for the Canadiens That No One Saw Coming in Montreal
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I believe the biggest surprise of the Montreal Canadiens' start to the season is happening in goal.
Samuel Montembeault is unfortunately having a tougher start to the campaign, while Jakub Dobes has been absolutely phenomenal.
Dobes, only 24 years old, standing 6'4" and weighing 215 pounds, has a 4-0-0 record this season, with a goals-against average of 1.47 and a save percentage of .950.
Even in his NHL career overall, he has an 11-4-3 record, a 2.46 goals-against average, and a .918 save percentage.
In short, he's been rock solid, and that clearly forced Martin St-Louis and the Canadiens to change their plans.
Even though some people are saying that the plan hasn't changed at all and that Dobes was always supposed to start against the Sabres on Monday, forget it!
"No panic! Jakub Dobes was already supposed to be in front of the net tonight against the Sabres!" - BPM Sports
Yes, there was a change of plan in goal for the Montreal Canadiens because of Jakub Dobes
It's simply not true that Martin St-Louis had long planned for Dobes to play on both Monday and Wednesday Honestly, I really have a hard time believing that.
If Montembeault had started the season well, I'm convinced he would have been the one in net Monday night.
Yes, there was a change of plan, as reported by Maxime Truman from DansLesCoulisses.
"Last week, when it was announced that Jakub Dobes would be starting against the Kraken - even though there was no game the night before or the night after - many repeated that there was no controversy over who the Canadiens' number one goaltender was: it was Samuel Montembeault.
According to them, Dobes's start against the Kraken was simply part of the original plan.
OK, maybe the idea was to give Montembeault four of the first six games of the season and Dobes the other two. But now, with the news that it's (very likely) Dobes who will be in net for the Canadiens tonight, one conclusion seems clear: the original plan has been changed."
- DansLesCoulisses
According to them, Dobes's start against the Kraken was simply part of the original plan.
OK, maybe the idea was to give Montembeault four of the first six games of the season and Dobes the other two. But now, with the news that it's (very likely) Dobes who will be in net for the Canadiens tonight, one conclusion seems clear: the original plan has been changed."
- DansLesCoulisses
And by the way, no - this isn't about panicking. It's very simple!
Dobes is on fire right now and winning every game, so he's the one playing.
When Montembeault gets hot and starts winning all his games, then he'll be the one playing more often, it's as simple as that!
Martin St-Louis is coaching to win, and that's perfectly fine - even if it's creating quite a bit of chatter, as former Canadiens goaltender José Théodore called him out for disrespecting Montembeault...
And you - what's your opinion on this situation?
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